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Tuesday, 5 February 2019

Instagram said to be working on ‘Main Account’ feature to manage multiple logins easier

Facebook is said to be working on bringing Instagram login as an option while logging in with apps and websites. Instagram has prototyped the “Main Account” feature that would let users set one of their profiles as a primary account and then link their other accounts to it. Logging into the main account would instantly log them into the rest, as well. This eliminates the need for remembering multiple email/username and password combo. A simpler login could get people switching accounts, posting and engaging more with Instagram. Account linking could also power up Instagram’s existing login platform. As it stands currently, third-party apps use it to let you compose feed posts and Stories and then share them to Instagram. But the company is working on potentially expanding the login platform that gives you a profile on other apps similar to Facebook Login This will work better if you could log in through your main Instagram account and then choose which profile you wanted to use. The code to this upcoming feature is present in the alpha version of the Android app. It explains “Quickly and securely log in to all of your Instagram accounts with one ID and password. Make one of your ...